It's been a while now... but just in case you missed our 2 signings announcements... here's the first one:

We are stoked to announce that the Epic Doom Metal masters from Germany have joined our roster. We've been big fans of DOOMSHINE ever since we got their amazing debut from 2004 "Thy Kingdoom Come" released by Iron Glory Records. The wait for their second album was very long but definitely worth it: in 2010 Massacre Records released "The Piper at the Gates of Doom" and we could indulge again in their wonderfully epic and compelling songs, most often compared to SOLITUDE AETURNUS and CANDLEMASS. Still before the release of their album we had the chance to see them in Germany at Doom Shall Rise VII where they were definitely one of the highlights of this 2-day festival. It took three years until we saw them again, this time at the 6th edition of Malta Doom Metal festival in October last year, and yet again we were reminded what a great live act they are.

Here's what Timmy Holz, the band's vocalist and guitarist, said:"Several years after our first contact with Jowita we are unbelievably happy about our future cooperation with Metal On Metal Records. Finally we were sealing the deal by handshake at Malta Doom Metal Festival last autumn. Today we know for sure: the spoken word is sufficient. THAT is Metal! This year we are focusing on the recordings of our third album which will see the light of day in 2015. Seven songs, massive and melodic, doom and shine. We are very curious to witness the evolution of our new creations, and we're looking forward to see this new Doomshine CD labelled with the Metal On Metal Records logo. Shine on!!!"

The band has already written all (7) songs for their 3rd, yet untitled album. They will now focus on the lyrics and will start recording in the spring. The album is anticipated to be released in early 2015.

We put a very detailed biography on the DOOMSHINE page, so even if you think you know everything about the band, check it out! Check also the many live and promo photos in the galleries.

Together with MELIAH RAGE"Before the Kill", we'll have one other release which can be pre-ordered still for the next few days (see the info about the pre-order below).

On August 31st the long-awaited 3rd album of DOOMSHINE"The End Is Worth Waiting For" will see the light of day. And we can say it was definitely worth waiting for! The new opus of these epic doom metal masters from Germany is full of beautiful and haunting melodies, musical, clean and smooth vocals with the most pleasant timbre, heavy as lead riffs, excellent musicianship, and a good variety of moods and tempos. Not to be missed by anybody who's into SOLITUDE AETURNUS, THUNDERSTORM, CANDLEMASS, SORCERER, PROCESSION, ISOLE and FORSAKEN. We also can't recommend enough following the lyrics while you're immersing yourself in these inspired sounds.

The band's bass player, Carsten Fisch, who also created the cover art, and produced, recorded and mixed the album, prepared this promo clip (featuring 2 minutes of "Shipwrecked at Doom Bar" song):

You can also listen to 3 full songs, "Celtic Glasgow Frost", "Third from Inferno" and "Shelter of the Beast", on the page of the release (where you can see the track list and all other details and info).

Like the MELIAH RAGE"Before the Kill" early years compilation, "The End Is Worth Waiting For" CD can be pre-ordered from our SHOP until August 31st, with 2 Euro discount. IMPORTANT:if you order it before August 25th, you can save also on the shipping cost, because we will send it from Germany. Pre-orders placed between August 25th and 31st will be sent from Italy, which is convenient only for Italian customers.And as a special pre-order offer for DOOMSHINE we've added an option to add a CD of SESTA MARCONI"Where the Devil Dances" (doom'n'roll band from Italy, that unfortunately went on hiatus soon after this CD was released - you can listen to the full album here) for only 3,00 Euro!

From Germany we could ship also in a jewel case - if it's only 1 CD, the price (1,50 Euro) will be the same. But more CDs in jewel cases would make the envelope thicker than 2 cm, so the postage would change to 2,50 Euro for 2-4 CDs. The way we ship (without jewel cases, but very well protected) is fine for all people who ordered from us, so there is no reason why we should make the postage higher for everybody. There's also another reason we are shipping this way (apart from the fact that Italian Post, which we are using for most of the year, has very high shipping rates). The It happened more than once that we received a CD in jewel case which got crashed on the way and the plastic splinters damaged the inlay card or booklet.

Anyway, if you want to order only 1 CD, and you want it to be shipped in a jewel case, you can add a note to your order (or send an e-mail to Simone). This can work only when we ship from Germany though. Unfortunately, from Italy the price changes with 100 g - and then it only gets worse (especially for customers from outside of Europe and for more items - quite crazy!). You can see the shipping costs for CDs without vs with jewel cases below:

Harry(not the Tyrant) hat geschrieben:Thanx for the Info,Jowita.Shipping costs nowadays are a real pain in the ass.

No problem. In Italy the shipping costs are criminal, but in Germany still very fair, that's why we have new releases when we come here, especially to festivals.

Talking about vinyl: it depends on if some label is interested in licensing it. We don't specialize in this format, and considering the manufacturing costs (for those who don't have returning customer discounts from the pressing plant, they are about 4 times as high as for CDs!) and the fact that sometimes the shipping costs would be as high as the LP itself, it really doesn't make much sense for us. Waiting times of even half of a year don't help either.

We're still in Germany (staying at a nice campsite in KĂ¶nigsdorf, south of MĂĽnchen), so we decided to keep the Deutsche Post prices in our shop for 2 more days (we'll change them to Italian some time during the day tomorrow).